Campus Recruitment 2009-2010 <GEEK>

SECTION I The Directi Story

Humble Beginnings Started in 1998 while still in college with: Initial Capital - Rs. 25,000/- A 4-man army A 330 sq. ft. apartment A vision in mind

Started in 1998 while still in college with:

Initial Capital - Rs. 25,000/-

A 4-man army

A 330 sq. ft. apartment

A vision in mind

Directi Today A $300 million tech enterprise 550+ employees and growing Ranked amongst Fastest Growing technology companies in Asia and India, Deloitte and Touche ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 & ‘08) Doubled our employee strength every year over the last 3 years, with a CAGR of over 30% Cash reserves sufficient to cover 10 years’ OPEX

A $300 million tech enterprise

550+ employees and growing

Ranked amongst Fastest Growing technology companies in Asia and India, Deloitte and Touche ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 & ‘08)

Doubled our employee strength every year over the last 3 years, with a CAGR of over 30%

Cash reserves sufficient to cover 10 years’ OPEX

Directi Today An Indian MNC with offices in: Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi – India Dubai – UAE Xiamen – China San Francisco – USA Millions of Customers in 240+ countries Over 53,000 Global Channel Partners

An Indian MNC with offices in:

Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi – India

Dubai – UAE

Xiamen – China

San Francisco – USA

Millions of Customers in 240+ countries

Over 53,000 Global Channel Partners

Offices in 4 countries - Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi – India Dubai – UAE Xiamen – China San Francisco – USA About Directi

Offices in 4 countries -

Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi – India

Dubai – UAE

Xiamen – China

San Francisco – USA

About Directi 6+ businesses; all amongst the Top 5 or 10 worldwide in their respective industry 25+ indigenously developed Web Products, Properties and Services We do not build customized solutions All businesses are exponentially profitable and funded only through internal accruals since inception

6+ businesses; all amongst the Top 5 or 10 worldwide in their respective industry

25+ indigenously developed Web Products, Properties and Services

We do not build customized solutions

All businesses are exponentially profitable and funded only through internal accruals since inception

Some of our Businesses Web Infrastructure Services: Domain Name Registration - The Internet identity Website Builder Services - For self creating a website Web Hosting Solutions - Website storage space on the Internet Email Hosting with Antispam & Antivirus - Personalized email Live Chat Solutions - To interact with website visitors Payment Gateway Services - For collecting credit card payments online Digital Certificates - For authenticating and securing online payments

Web Infrastructure Services:

Domain Name Registration - The Internet identity

Website Builder Services - For self creating a website

Web Hosting Solutions - Website storage space on the Internet

Email Hosting with Antispam & Antivirus - Personalized email

Live Chat Solutions - To interact with website visitors

Payment Gateway Services - For collecting credit card payments online

Digital Certificates - For authenticating and securing online payments

Some of our Businesses Internet Advertising & Next Generation Media: Develop products pertaining to Internet advertising, publisher monetization and media management Delivers 15 – 20 billion advertisements a year, serves >1 million unique visitors an hour Works with high value publishers having >US$1MM revenue per month Built on Patent Pending Semantic Search Technology Fastest growing company (revenue + employee strength) in its vertical for 2006 and 2007 Runs on more than 500+ CPUs, 500+ GB RAM, 250 TB Data Storage

Internet Advertising & Next Generation Media:

Develop products pertaining to Internet advertising, publisher monetization and media management

Delivers 15 – 20 billion advertisements a year, serves >1 million unique visitors an hour

Works with high value publishers having >US$1MM revenue per month

Built on Patent Pending Semantic Search Technology

Fastest growing company (revenue + employee strength) in its vertical for 2006 and 2007

Runs on more than 500+ CPUs, 500+ GB RAM, 250 TB Data Storage

Some of our Businesses Social Communication Platform: dotPW is a suite of free communication products & services for businesses/individuals worldwide Comprises of innovative, decentralized, collaborative applications - blending the best of Google Apps, Facebook and Twitter Developed using cutting edge technologies and deployed on a massive, distributed infrastructure Designed for a diverse set of client platforms, ranging from regular web-browsers to mobile environments

Social Communication Platform:

dotPW is a suite of free communication products & services for businesses/individuals worldwide

Comprises of innovative, decentralized, collaborative applications - blending the best of Google Apps, Facebook and Twitter

Developed using cutting edge technologies and deployed on a massive, distributed infrastructure

Designed for a diverse set of client platforms, ranging from regular web-browsers to mobile environments

SECTION II Life @ Directi

Life @ Directi The best part about working at Directi are the people. Everyone is super-smart and super-intelligent. I learn something new everyday, from everyone. ” Work with Smart People

Life @ Directi “ I love the challenges we face at Directi. Most of our applications cater to millions of users. One of our products delivers 20+ billion ad impressions per year. All applications are deployed on multi-homed clustered geo-distributed scalable environments. We get to work with caching, Horizontal partitioning, Clustering, Distributed Computing etc - technologies / concepts / tools that very few companies work with.”b Be part of Projects that have global impact

Life @ Directi Anyone in the organization at any level, any designation, any management band, in any team can freely approach anyone else at any level / team / designation to discuss anything. Our Management actually reprimands us if we bother knocking before entering their cabins. Open and Transparent Culture

Life @ Directi At Directi we are super-obsessive about productivity. Every employee in every department has multiple LCD monitors. Our facilities team is always researching ergonomics as it applies to lighting, seating, workstations etc. Any tool, device, software that can help us work better, is for the asking. We do everything to make you productive

Life @ Directi My Friday nights are reserved for network gaming - and counter-strike is the flavor of the month. Additional activities include interest groups such as the trekking group, a movie club, a cricket league, a soccer league etc. We Work Hard, We Play Harder!

Life @ Directi We are a creative organization with creative people, and I believe creativity does not start and end with an alarm clock. The best software engineers I know have their high days and low days, and flexible working hours account for this quirk. Flexible working hours

Life @ Directi An accessible, always-stocked snack bar, with goodies, fresh juices, and other treats takes care of my in-between meals munching needs. Foodilicious

Life @ Directi - Great Teams We spend extra time in making sure we hire the RIGHT people, so we don’t have to spend time in making sure the job gets done RIGHT “ We believe the best part of working at Directi is the people. Directi is very picky about people. We went through a gruelling 5 hour interview process which went all the way up to the management before We were selected. The result – an amazing team that We love working with”

Life @ Directi – Our Culture “ People perform best when they are in love with what they are doing” “ People deliver best results when they are given maximum freedom” Visit our Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/directi/

Life @ Directi – Our Values ‘ The only bad decision at Directi is “no decision”’ “ Learning never stops at Directi” Visit our Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/directi/

Life @ Directi - Benefits Medical Insurance Flexible Work Timings Interest groups - salsa, trekking, etc Recreation Centre In-house Snack bar Concierge Desk Education Sponsorship

Medical Insurance

Flexible Work Timings

Interest groups - salsa, trekking, etc

Recreation Centre

In-house Snack bar

Concierge Desk

Education Sponsorship

Life @ Directi – We also have FUN Visit our Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/directi/

SECTION III Work @ Directi

[email_address] Software Developer (1-4 yrs) Compensation Range: 8 lacs to 20 lacs You will Work with world class teams Work on diverse platforms Use myriad technologies Develop game-changing applications You have Impressive problem solving skills Amazing Programming fundamentals Good communication skills

Software Developer (1-4 yrs)

Compensation Range: 8 lacs to 20 lacs

You will

Work with world class teams

Work on diverse platforms

Use myriad technologies

Develop game-changing applications

You have

Impressive problem solving skills

Amazing Programming fundamentals

Good communication skills

[email_address] Software Developer (1-4 yrs) You are Passionate about coding Platform agnostic Curious You know Some of - Java, C#, PHP, Ruby, Python, C++, Javascript, WPF, Erlang, Haskell, LISP, Linux, Flex, XUL, Bash, Advanced Networking, Async IO, Routing, TCP/UDP, Postgres, Data structures, Advanced RDBMS, MySQL, MSSQL, neo4j, BDB, REST, SOAP, IPC, RPC, HTML, CSS, Ajax, Agile, TDD, XP, Scrum, caching, Load Balancing, Horizontal Partitioning, memcached, Multi-threading, Concurrency, Scalability, Unicode, Usability / Ux, MVC, Spring, Titanium, Ant, Watir, Selenium, Git, CVS, SVN, JIRA, ... ad infinitum You love Challenges Opensource Issac Asimov

Software Developer (1-4 yrs)

You are

Passionate about coding

Platform agnostic

Curious

You know

Some of - Java, C#, PHP, Ruby, Python, C++, Javascript, WPF, Erlang, Haskell, LISP, Linux, Flex, XUL, Bash, Advanced Networking, Async IO, Routing, TCP/UDP, Postgres, Data structures, Advanced RDBMS, MySQL, MSSQL, neo4j, BDB, REST, SOAP, IPC, RPC, HTML, CSS, Ajax, Agile, TDD, XP, Scrum, caching, Load Balancing, Horizontal Partitioning, memcached, Multi-threading, Concurrency, Scalability, Unicode, Usability / Ux, MVC, Spring, Titanium, Ant, Watir, Selenium, Git, CVS, SVN, JIRA, ... ad infinitum

You love

Challenges

Opensource

Issac Asimov

Always room for growth Management Mid Management (10+ yrs) Jr Management (6+ yrs) Team Lead (4+ yrs) Associate

Projects Antispam engine Algorithmically intensive High performance goals: 10,000+ qps on commodity hardware Heavy usage of caching / queueing Memcached, .NET, MSSQL CAE Complex Algorithms Billions of rows – Terabytes of storage Java, Hadoop, Subetha, NIO, MSSQL

Antispam engine

Algorithmically intensive

High performance goals: 10,000+ qps on commodity hardware

Heavy usage of caching / queueing

Memcached, .NET, MSSQL

CAE

Complex Algorithms

Billions of rows – Terabytes of storage

Java, Hadoop, Subetha, NIO, MSSQL

Projects .pw Desktop Cross platform - Windows, Linux, Mac Cross medium - Desktop and Web (and ultimately mobile) Rich UI - Dojo, HTML 5.0, Javascript Open source platform – Titanium, Webkit Open source contribution Multi-protocol – Push (XMPP) / Pull (HTTP) Extensible (in-process and out-of-process plugin architecture) Mail / User profile / Domain profile / Wall Loosely coupled architecture REST-ful APIs RIA – Ajax, jQuery etc Java / .NET

.pw Desktop

Cross platform - Windows, Linux, Mac

Cross medium - Desktop and Web (and ultimately mobile)

Rich UI - Dojo, HTML 5.0, Javascript

Open source platform – Titanium, Webkit

Open source contribution

Multi-protocol – Push (XMPP) / Pull (HTTP)

Extensible (in-process and out-of-process plugin architecture)

Mail / User profile / Domain profile / Wall

Loosely coupled architecture

REST-ful APIs

RIA – Ajax, jQuery etc

Java / .NET

Projects Deployments SAN Storage Clustered architecture Load balancing using wackamole File server – glusterFS Replicated failover Database architecture Caching layer Reverse proxy – nginx – URL rewriting, NIO, caching, static resource serving, flexibility

Deployments

SAN Storage

Clustered architecture

Load balancing using wackamole

File server – glusterFS

Replicated failover Database architecture

Caching layer

Reverse proxy – nginx – URL rewriting, NIO, caching, static resource serving, flexibility

Some Tools & Technologies we use Development Languages: Java, .NET, PHP, VC++, C++, Perl, XUL, Javascript, C, Shell, Python, Ruby, Scala, Erlang Web: HTML, CSS DBs: Postgres, MySQL, Hadoop, Microsft SQL Server, Berkeley DB, Firebird, SQLite Frameworks & Libraries: Hibernate, Hibernate Shards, Springs, Apache MINA, Project Grizzly, log4j, memcached, Ant, XAPool, Poolman, Voldemort Scripting: XML SOA: Ajax, SOAP, Axis, NuSoap Unit Testing: Junit Stress Testing: Jmeter, Tsung, Iozone, Iometer, Bonnie, Bonnie++ RIA: jQuery, Dojo, YUI

Development

Languages: Java, .NET, PHP, VC++, C++, Perl, XUL, Javascript, C, Shell, Python, Ruby, Scala, Erlang

Web: HTML, CSS

DBs: Postgres, MySQL, Hadoop, Microsft SQL Server, Berkeley DB, Firebird, SQLite

Frameworks & Libraries: Hibernate, Hibernate Shards, Springs, Apache MINA, Project Grizzly, log4j, memcached, Ant, XAPool, Poolman, Voldemort

Scripting: XML

SOA: Ajax, SOAP, Axis, NuSoap

Unit Testing: Junit

Stress Testing: Jmeter, Tsung, Iozone, Iometer, Bonnie, Bonnie++

RIA: jQuery, Dojo, YUI

Some Tools & Technologies we use System Administration OS: Linux (Redhat, CentOS), Windows Monitoring: Nagios Config Management: puppet Infrastructure: ServerIron Load Balancers, Cisco ASA Firewall, FC/iSCSI SANs (Comet, Dell) Scripting: bash, perl, expect, python, PHP, VBS, Powershell File Systems: ext3, NTFS, XFS, GFS, GlusterFS, Lustre Other: DRBD, heartbeat, ldirectord, RIS

System Administration

OS: Linux (Redhat, CentOS), Windows

Monitoring: Nagios

Config Management: puppet

Infrastructure: ServerIron Load Balancers, Cisco ASA Firewall, FC/iSCSI SANs (Comet, Dell)

Scripting: bash, perl, expect, python, PHP, VBS, Powershell

File Systems: ext3, NTFS, XFS, GFS, GlusterFS, Lustre

Other: DRBD, heartbeat, ldirectord, RIS

Some Tools & Technologies we use Servers App/Web Servers: Tomcat, Resin, IIS, PHP Accelerator, Jetty Mail Servers: qmail, postfix, sendmail Jabber Servers: ejabberd, Tigase, Openfire VOIP Servers: Asterisk DNS Servers: BIND, Power DNS, DLZ, Microsoft DNS Proxy servers: squid, ISA, Perdition, nginx, Varnish, perlbal HA: NLB, wackamole, Heartbeat DB Replication: Slony, MSSQL Replication Mailing List: exmlm, mailman Antivirus / Antispam: clamd, razor, Kaspersky server, pyzor, policyd FTP Servers: proftpd, vsftpd

Servers

App/Web Servers: Tomcat, Resin, IIS, PHP Accelerator, Jetty

Mail Servers: qmail, postfix, sendmail

Jabber Servers: ejabberd, Tigase, Openfire

VOIP Servers: Asterisk

DNS Servers: BIND, Power DNS, DLZ, Microsoft DNS

Proxy servers: squid, ISA, Perdition, nginx, Varnish, perlbal

HA: NLB, wackamole, Heartbeat

DB Replication: Slony, MSSQL Replication

Mailing List: exmlm, mailman

Antivirus / Antispam: clamd, razor, Kaspersky server, pyzor, policyd

FTP Servers: proftpd, vsftpd

Some Tools & Technologies we use Coding Tools Code Repository Tools: CVS, SVN Collaboration: JIRA, Confluence Others: Teamcity, Clover UI UI Prototyping: Axure Design: Photoshop, Flash, Coreldraw Web: ECMAscript (actionscript/javascript), RSS, XML, HTML, XHTML, CSS1.0 & CSS2.1 Browser support: IE5.0+, Firefox (gecko), Safari, Opera

Coding Tools

Code Repository Tools: CVS, SVN

Collaboration: JIRA, Confluence

Others: Teamcity, Clover

UI

UI Prototyping: Axure

Design: Photoshop, Flash, Coreldraw

Web: ECMAscript (actionscript/javascript), RSS, XML, HTML, XHTML, CSS1.0 & CSS2.1

Browser support: IE5.0+, Firefox (gecko), Safari, Opera

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